Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president MK Stalin on Tuesday urged the Tamil Nadu government to immediately stop the Ram Rajya Rath Yatra from entering the state. When they were not allowed to make their presentation, the four staged a walkout and met the mediapersons outside.

"The yatra will disturb the communal harmony and peace in the state", Stalin said. The Robot actor also expressed his disgust on the statue politics that surrounds the state. Read Also: Kerala: Woman held for brazenly thrashing 92-year-old grandmother In the meantime, minister D Jayakumar sought to convince the media that VHP, BJP and RSS did not have a role to play in the yatra. Meanwhile, SDPI leader Dhehlan Baqavi and his functionaries were arrested in Kovilpatti in Thoothukudi district. "In the order, the collector said, "... it is necessary to promulgate orders under section 144 for the entire Tirunelveli district, and that even a minor incident in the Rathayathra along the entire route will snowball into a major communal clash with serious impact on the law and order situation in the district".

Stalin said it was regrettable that Chief Minister K. Palaniswami "is only trying to save his own position by allowing the yatra to pass through Tamil Nadu on Tuesday". The rath carries a replica of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya and aims to build public support to build the structure.

Ram Rajya Rath Yatra started on February 13 from Karsevakpuram in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, and would end at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on March 25, on the occasion of Ram Navami, having crossed six states in 41 days.

On 22 March, the yatra will move to Kanyakumari from Rameshwaram through Tirunelveli.

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